AMAZING, right? Well, it turns out it's not all just a big coincidence.

BuzzFeed points out an Entertainment Weekly interview from last month in which Allan Heinberg, Wonder Woman's screenwriter, actually revealed how the two films were alike.

“The story as I see it is The Little Mermaid, specifically Disney’s incarnation,” he says of how the film inspired him.

“This is a woman who has been raised in a very protective, sheltered life, she’s curious about what life is like outside and she wants to have her own experience. She wants to be where the people are.”